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I 19 3, it if IN what " Happy Land" can I Flee you after the "Opera?" I only know of One HAPPY LAND in which a Gentleman may Sup—EVANS', COVENT GARDEN, my dear fellow! KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. Tht'3 celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It h Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Sd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by at e Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Iliinahan's LL Whisky." THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, .Joint, Sweet, &c., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m , and on ,Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m. Private Rooms for large or small parties. By order, JOHN CATES, Manager, The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. STEAM from LONDON to NEW YORK. 1:7 The British and American Steam Navigation Company (Limited) will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned Splendid Fast Screw Steamers TWICE EACH MONTH for New York:— Tons. Horse Power. LONDON •:.• 2 , 000 ..... 500 Capt. GLOVER. WESTMINSTER.. 2,500 500 Capt. Coml. DUBLIN • 2,500 ..... 500 ..... Capt. PROUD. NEW YORK 2 5OO ..... 500 ..... Capt. HARRIS. These magnificent vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean going steamer, and have accommodation for passengers re plete with every comfort. The Line will commence at an early date ' - the exact day t o be fixed in a latter announce ment. To load in the Victoria Docks. For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and Co., 8, Leadenhall- street SPECIAL NOTICE. OURICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established 1824. All persons who effect Policies on the Participating Scale before June 30, 1864. will be entitled at the Next Bonus to ono year's additional Share of Profits over later Assurers. Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal, and the last Re port showing the financial position of the Society, can be ob tained from any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Setretary. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. THE ALLIANCE NATIONAL LAND. BUILDING, and INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited). First Capital—One Hundred Th :..susand rounds, in 10,000 Shares of £lO each. Deposit. Lt per Share. Future calls not to exceed 10s. per Share, nor to be at less intervals than three months. CHAIRMAN OP THE COMPANY. Harper Twelvetrees, Esq., Imperial Works, Bromley St. Leonard, Middler, ex . CHA T .RMAN OP THE DUBLIN BOARD. The Right H an. the Lord Mayor (P. P. M'Swiney. Esq., Messrs. hi'Swiney, Delaney, and Co.), Lower Sackville street. CHAIRMAN OF ULSTER BOARD William Browne, Esq. (Mesrs. Browne, Reid, and Co.), Warbarg-street, Belfast, and Riverstone, Holywood. CHAIRMAN OF MUNSTER BOARD. Reber t Scott, Esq. (Messrs. Robert Scott and Co., iron and hardware me'echants), St. Patrick's Quay, Cork. GENERAL MANAGER AND SECRETARY. Joseph A. Homer, Esq., F.S.S. IMPORTANT TO INVESTORS. This company affords great advantages to persons who may desire to invest lam!, or small sums on nn toubted secu rity, and at a high rate of interest. Ist. By purchasinP,' Share+ they may become proprietors, and entitled to shP.re in all the profits of the Company. 2d. Hy takin i+tibscription Debentures, with monthly payments, as IA ordinary Building Societies, they may secure th croon 5 per cent. compound interest. 31. By iltaking Deposits, easily withdrawable, they may get reg-ulP4r dividends at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. rros,, , ctuses an d every i nformation forwarded for one amp, PROGRESS OP THE COMPANY. Since January 1, 1504, the sum of £16,000 sterling has been advanced on first-class securities, and upwards of Seven Thousand Shares and Debentures have been taken up. Mortgazes for more than £40,000 are in course of completion. The Company now consists of upwards of 1,500 Share and Debenture holders. Persons desir us of taking shares before a premium is placed thereon must apply for the same without delay. The next allotment will be made on the first day of June. JOSEPH A. HORNER, General Manager. Street O cEs :-15G, Strand, London, .C. ; 84, Middle Abbey , Dublin ; 13, Donegall-place, Belfast ; 93. St. Patrick street, Cork ; and Alliance Chambers, Upper Tempe-stree', Birmin om gham ; with Agencies throughout th e U n it e d King d. T" ALLIANCE NATIONAL LAND, BUILDING, AND INVESTMENT COMPANY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on and after JUNE 1, 1864, no APPLIC kTIONS for SHARES will be received cx:ept at a PREMIUM. By order of the Board, JOSEPH A. HORNER, General Manager. Chlief Office, 156, Strand, London, W.C. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat-office, Aldershot, 7th May, 1864. TENDERS will be received at this office until 12 o'clock at noon, on MONDAY, the 23d inst., from per sons who may be willing to enter into CONTRACT for the 'SUPPLY ot FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required, for four months, from 1 t July to 31st October next, for the e ot her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. Forms of tender and conditions of contract may be obtained on application to this office, by letter addressei to the Senior 03 nunisPariat Officer, or in person, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. The tenders mut t be properly filled up, signed, and delivered ,at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside •" Tender for Forage"), and no tenders will be noticed unless made on form obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour above appointed. S HORTHANII-PITM AN'S PHONOGRA , PHIL TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA. PIIIQ MANUAL. Free by poet, Is. 6d. H 0 R THAN D.—"PITMAN'S PHONO ki GRAPHY forms an exceedingly efficient —probably the mom' efficient—system of Shorthand that exists." —Sir Rowland 11111. THE ORIGINAL R OYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCE, for Roast Meat, Hashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, Soups, Fish, Game, &c. Prepared only by the proprietors, Mos. BucK and Co., 10, Math-place, Daiston, London, N.E. HARPER TWELVETREES' UNIVERSAL CLOTHES WRINGER—Mrs. Beecher, laundress, queen Anne-road, Maidstone, says—" It will wring the finest laces and muslins, as well as full-sized counterpanes ; and does not press hooks or break buttons." Price 205.. 3 14., Carriage paid; or of ironmongers. City Depot, 31, Bishops gate-street, E.C. ; Works, Bromley-by-Bow, Lon don, E. NEW PATENT CURTAIN HOOK that requires no sewing, and, if reversed, can be used for many purposes. To be had of all shops in town or country. Patentees, W. TENT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane, London, E.C. PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, Gs 6d per cwt ; one cwt. equal to cwt. barley or any meal. Delivered tree in Lon don. Established 1 858.— THOMAS PE A.RCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any ,11_ one bled with in the , Indizestion, or Biliousness, trou take PAGE Wind WOODCOCK'S Stomach WENTD PILLS. Thcir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. and 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist. Lincoln. MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, TRADERS, AND EXECUTORS. ACCOUNTS arranged and adjusted, and Balance Sheets p r epared.--Financial operations organised and Banking fa cilities arranged.—Cash Advances made on Trade Stock, Dock Warrants, and other Securities, and Sales effected.— The Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertakeh. Address, Messrs. BANKES and Co., Accountants, 20, Deyereux-court, Strand, London, W.C. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing- r oo m , Lib rary , cind Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble. Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, dre• Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON - - CHOLOGY, +aid GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL I NSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr TENNANT. at 149. Strand, W.C. pRIZE MED A L.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1802. FRANCIS 'FLICKER tic CO., Wax Chandlers, &C., &47, TO the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1710.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to ,he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : • " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with fatted Wicks, patented.. ?s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. • • Cs. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. Is. sd. per lb. Second quality Third is. 3d. per lb. quality • • .• • • • . ls. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO, 8, South Molton-street. Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest 14:stablishmmt in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar FIR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESlEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. , 't , eott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who ~offer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind. 'Damns, giddiness, dizziner,a of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiven ess as a family aperient m e di c i ne, an d as a p ur ifi er of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grat e f u l to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the wh o l e nervou s syste m . Reid "by W. Lambert, 8. King William-street, Charing-cross. ondon, and by most druggists, in boxes,is. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 28. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square eve ". Pacimere wi th "William Lambert," engraved on the Nurap. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- The Proprietor begs to announce that this popular place of Amusement will. be CLOSED for Fourteen Days from this day, for alerations, in consequence of his determi nation to return to the former successful class of Entertain ment. It will RE-OPEN on WHIT-MONDAY with that charming and accomplished Gymnast, NATHALIE, Monitor to the Prince Imperial, , s ho will be accompanied by her equally attractive sisters, Leontine and B anche, forming a trio of the most daring and elegant &male profei-ors of the gymnastic art in the world. The Musical Department will be under the able superintendence of a well-known professor. Prices of Admission will be :—Private boxes, 21 ; reserved seats, 2s. 6d.; stalls, 25.; balconies and promenade, 1s ; grand hall, 6d. Further particulars will be shortly announced. Monday, May 2, 1864. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street RECENT ADDlTlONS.—President Lincoln and Presi dent Davis ; Ancient Effigies of Henry IV. and his Queen Joan. in magnificent costumes of the period (1399); and 1., the Chamber of Physiognomy is a full-length model of Geo. - Victor Townley. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. A" YL L ROOM S, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Sel ec ti ons and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open et Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission is. Manager, M. GRENET. 29, GEORG E - STREET, UANOVER-SQUARE, W. THE LONDON AN ATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife ; Julia I'astrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, Ate. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (for Gentlemen only). TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S IN VENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL T EETH has the following advantages :—A set of t eet h , of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stump s, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articul ation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perf e ctly t o the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or res idents in t h e country can ad just these teeth to many c hanges of the mouth witho u t the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guarantee& Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskeirs Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations free.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W. 1 31 t 39, Bennett's-hill, Efr. iningham. N°. 22,428. Now ready, Illustrated by Millais, ss. bound, CHEAP EDITION OF LES MISERABLES. By VICTOR HUGO. Authorised English Translation, forming the New Volume of "Hurst and Biackett's Standard Library." `• The merits of 'Les Miserables ' do not consist merely in the conception of it as a whole. It abounds, page after page, with details of unequalled beauty."—Quarterly Review. Hurst and Blackctt, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY LADY GEORGIANA FULLERTON. Next week, in 3 vols. post Bvo., T OO STRANGE NOT TO BE TRUE. By Lady GEORGIANA FULLERTON, Author of "Ladybird," &c. Richard Bent!ey, New Burlington-street. NEW SPORTING IVORY BY THE AUTHOR OF " HANDLEY CROSS." Illustrated by John Leech. This day is published, price Is., with two coloured Illustra tions by John Leech, No. I. of MR: FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS. 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Purchasers of Books for Public or Private Libraries, Mer chants, Shipping Agents, intending Emigrants. and others, are rFsoectlully invited to apply for the APRIL LIST of WORKS withdrawn from Mudie's Library for z!ale. This List includes C , pt. Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile—Sir R. Alco^k's Capital of th. Tycoon—Memoirs of Bishop Blomfiehi—Stanley's Sermons in the East—King- Like's Invasion of the Crimea—Life of Edward Irving—Our Old Home—flowitt's History of the Supernatural A Lady's Visit to Manilla and Japan—Lowth's Wanderer in Western Frit. ce —Lord William Lennox's Biographical Reminiscences - Earl Stanhope's Life of Pitt—Queen Mab—Rachel Ray-- and more than One Thousani other Works of the past and present seasonF, at the lowest current prices. CHARLES EDWARD MUDIE, New Oxford-street, London. City Office-4, King-street, Cheapside. BRANCH ESTABLISHMENTS. Cross-street, Manchester; and Temple-street, Birmingham. LEVASSOR EN VlSlTE.—Egyp+ian Hall, Piccadilly. CHANGE of PROGRAMME. TO MORROW (Saturday) EVENING, May 13 —every Tuesday and Thursday Morni-g at 3, and every Saturday Evening at half-nast s —SCENES ET CH ifiNSONS COMIQUES, for One M nth only. Pianoforte, Mr. Roosenboom. Sta Is, 75.; area, 3s. ; gallery, 2s. ; a few fauteuils, 'Os. 61., may be ob tained at Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. MR. W. s. WOODIN'S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. and BACHELOR'S BOX, an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, Kind William-street, Csaring-cross, EVERY EVENING - , at eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at three.— Stalls, and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hail from e even to five. Next Morning Performance, Saturday, May 7, at three. T " OXFOR D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, the MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicolai ; and UN BALLO IN MASCHERA ; sup ported by the whole of the Talented Company. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy by UNSWORTH and EUGENE, Mr. T. Maclegan, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power (the juvenile comedienne), &c., &o. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. Open every Evening. CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road, London. THIS EVENING, Will be produced, with alterations and improvements in production, the New Illusion, surpassing anything yet attempted, entitled THE TERCEN I.4:NARY ; or,a NIGHT WIT 1i SHAKSPERE, written expressly by W. F. Vander yell, Esq., in which Mr. W. Randall will re-appear. Also, PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS "The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passim and repassing through the Magic Fountain, is so complete an illusion that it wellnig,h ceases to be illusory."--Morning Star, Feb. 19. Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish ment, supported by the whole of the talented company, in cluding Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly Power, Mr. T. Maclagan, W. Jester, 1c &o A Jargon—Area, 6d. ; Stalls and Baloony. le. /4-1 (/t" : 4-4 r.; )s. •• 4.. 41:1 "" • • 4 , V,:e/ '4, 1 "11) W,,V • „ rta 9 :b l ow: . "" , n raL orr l, . 4 D j r• "1 0 - • • ' AWN\ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1864. BRIGHTON and BACK for 3..—0 n WHIT SUN I).AY. WIIIT-MONDAY, and WIIIT-T UESDAY, from London-bridge, Victoria, and Kensington at 9.0 a.m. Children under 12 years of age half fare. No luggage al lowed. The Duke de Persigny on Peace. had only two or three dead and about a dozen A few days since the liuke de Persigny delivered a speech to the local assembly of Roanne, which has been published prominently in the Moniteur as of political interest. He commenced by characterising agriculture as the most noble of all industries, and the agricultural classes as the surest supports of the greatness and riches of nations, drawing attention to the greatness of England as so much based upon this principle. He contrasted the political feelings of the constituencies in the cities and in the agii cultural districts. "In one word, in the provinces and in the country, public opinion, be it Liberal or Conservative, is really the expression and result of the ideas and sentiments of all society—that is to say, of all classes. It is, then, evidently, the most enlightened opinion. In the great centres of popu lation, as there is always that deplorable principle of the antagonism of classes, that eternal malady of great cities , which takes the place of the interests of the country and . f a l s ifi es it s a spirations, it often happens that the most enlightened part of the popu lation is dominated by that which is the most petty , Referring to the firm establishment of the Empire, and its superiority to the attacks of party spirit, he spoke of the union, of all the parties from which the Empire sprang ; for each section might best find in the Imperial power " the chief satisfaction of its opinions—the one monarchical unity; another a wise liberty; and a third democracy. For this great fusion of old opinions in this newly formed mould, time was and is still necessary." Speaking then of the late effort made by the Opposition to win over the constituencies, he eulogised the representatives of the agricultural interests as those who would stand firm by the Government whichthey had founded, and they could judge that it had kept its promises to them. " Order established as it had never before been, the public fortune nearly' doubled, immense works carried out even during war, and unheard of pros perity at home, marching side by side with glory abroad—this was the history of the 12 years of the reign. And, nevertheless, gentlemen, beyond this, and those great things which the empire has done at home, it is certain that its principal preoccupa tion has been to re-establish abroad the indepen dence of France, to restore to her liberty of action, in the world, to free her from those menaces of co alition which, since 1815, have ceaselessly weighed upon her. History will tell by what prodigies of ability, courage, and moderation these great objects have been attained. And now that this part of the mission of the empire is finished, and its military part in Europe closed—now that, gloriously re entered into the comity of nations, France has no other interests than the common interest of Europe herself—it is evidently an era of peace which com mences for her." But he asks, "How can the em pire accomplish this peace ?" and, repudiating the example of those Governments of expediency which condemn their country to immobility, he proceeded, " No, a Government which is called Napoleon is not constituted for this precarious life. The conditions of its existence are for it the greatness, the prospe rity, the glory of France. But what glory is greater wounded. The battle was by this time pretty well decided, and Abbeokuta saved. As soon as the enemy retired from the walls the Egbas rushed out and renewed the battle in the open field. The Egbas fought nobly; they knew what they were fighting for. All depended on this day ; if de feated, they have no friends near. They fought for their homes, their wives and children, their country, their liberty, and their lives. For many years past the Dahomians had carried destruction and slaughter into the Egba territory—they came now to make an end to the Egba tribe. The Egbas were exasperated, and each wanted to do his duty on this day. The men fought in good order, though they had only a few leaders; the women were singing and dancing, being sure of victory. They carried plenty of water and agidis to the camp to refresh the fighting men. Many of them armed themselves with swords, and kept near the walls in case their assistance should be required. " A sharp fire was kept up for about two hours near Aro, the enemy gradually retreating and leaving great numbers of dead behind them. They retired t.wards Ibera, which town they had de stroyed last year; and they were attacked in the flank by another party of Egbas and lost many of their carriers, one of their cannon, and several hundreds of muskets, many of which were quite new. Some miles beyond Ibara they had their encampment, which was evacuated ; here the pur suing Egbas captured the King's horse, and many other things belonging to him. Great numbers of prisoners, men and women, were taken all along the road ; and in this encampment the second cannon was captured. Beyond Isbagga, a town which they destroyed two years ago (also on March 15), the Dahomians stood once more to check the Egbas in pursuing them. A severe encounter took place, in which several Egbas were killed and wounded; but the Dahomians had heavier losses, and were driven from the place, Egbas still pursuing closely, killing and catching many of them. It appears that the Dahomians had never before experienced such a total defeat. It is difficult to give the exact number of dead and of prisoners. From Abbeokuta to Ishagga, a distance of about 15 miles, above 1,000 dead were counted, whilst beyoxd that place it is said that the number of dead was still greater. The prisoners cannot be fewer than 1,000 or 1,200 — some say above 2,000, " The Dahomians were probably above 10,000, but one captive states that their number was IJASTINGS and BACK for 3i. 6d., by BRIG lITON RAILWAY, from Victoria at 8,5, and London-bridge at 8.10 a.m. on WHIT-SUNDAY ; and from Victoria at 8.35, and London-bridge at 8.40 a.m. on WHIT MONDAY. Children under 12 years of age half fare, No luggage allowed. WHI T-S UND A Y.—PORTSMOUTH and BACK for 3s. 6d. from London-bridge and Victoria at 8.0 a.m. The Trains call at East Croydon, Arundel, Little h mpton, Woodgute, Chichester. and Havant. Children under 12 years of age half fare. No 1114 gage allowed. 16,000. Thus the Lord has frustrated the diabolic plan of the Dahomians to capture Abbeokuta, and many of the heathen recognise the hand of God in this complete defeat of their enemies. The people rejoice greatly, and congratulate each other on their escape. The Lord God of Hosts said—' Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." lan to shed the benefits of civilisation to the mil ions of Frenchmen who do not yet enjoy them ; to follow up without flagging the work, so generously undertaken, of the moral and material amelioration of the popular classes ; to make healthy unhealthy districts, to irrigate the plains, to plant with trees the hills; and, above all, not only to complete our network of railways, but to finish the neighbouring roads ? Gentlemen, you know that the ways of communication are to a country what arteries are in a body—if there be parts of the body 'which, by the vessels being obstructed, no more receive and retain the blood, a paralysis or a stoppage of life supervenes. Millions of habitations, by the want of roads or their bad state, still have only an imperfect communication with the centres of civi lisation, with the regions of production and of con sumption. The value of produce weighed down by the costs of transit cannot remunerate the labour. Regions deprived of the ways of communication are: condemned to misery, and a mass of riches is lost to the country," After pointing out the advances which have already been made by the Emperor towards remedying the evils thus set forth, and the power and means whi c h h e posse sses to carry on the great work, the D u k e d e P ers igny says—" The application of his system has commenced in Paris; the same thing has been done at Lyons and in other cities, and every w h ere w i th ana l ogous re s u lt s . Th e Euipire is not limit e d t o g i ve i ts attention only to the great cities." Th e speech conc l u d es w ith an eulogy on the prosperity of France, and its identi fication with the p r i nc i p l es of t h e Empire. Defeat of the Ring of Dahomey. The West African mail brought an account o King of Dahomey in his attack on the town of Abbe o k ata, a summary o f w hi c h we the defeat of the published yesterday, We find the following account of the battle in an Abbeokuta journal which has come to hand :- 1; It was on the 15th inst. when before six o'clock in the informing the i n h a bit an ts of Abb eo k u t a o f g the cannon at Aro gate fired a signal th e apprach of the D a h om i an army . Th e weat h er morning was dull and foggy, but the enemy could be seen at Aro taking refreshment before commencing their horrible work. Two more signals in quick suc cession told the excited population that the enemy was approaching. Thousands of warriors were ready at the walls to give the Dahomians a warm reception, whilst thousands more ran to the walls to have their share in the defeat of the enemy. E ver y preparation bad been made for the defence of The Bashoruo the town. (commander-inechief) had during the last few weeks sent out his spies who found out the encampment of the enemy ; a runa way told him • also that the Dahomians would surely attack Abbeokuta, but it was disbelieved by many. He had provided each township with plenty of am. munition, of which there was no lack, although no powder wa s 1110 Wed to be exported from Lagos for many months past. The enemy had two field pieces, which were placed in position and began to play, bat only one ball reached the town wall, without doing any injury. A column of about 3,000 advanced to within about 50 yards, suddenly dis played their flagslextended their lines, and advanced rapidly towards the wall. The high the 11 being the enemy could not see the defenders of Abbeokuta behind it, and they felt almost sure the town would be in a short time in their possession. No sooner had they approached t he trench within a few yards than the Egbas poured suddenly such a tremendous volley from thousands o f muskets into the close lines of the enemy that the progress of the latter was at once arrested. It was nearly seven o'clock when the battle commenced. The attacking column numbered many Amazons, who fought moat des. perately. A sharp fire was kept up on both sides for nearly an hour. In two places the enemy toiled to scale the walls with a determination which would have done credit to the best of European troops. Some of the Amazons c limbed up, but as soon as they reached the top of the wall with their hands, the Egbas dragged them over and killed them instantly ; one of these ferocious women had already had one of her bands cut off in endeavouring to got over the wall when she discharged her musket with the other hand and killed an Egba ; but at the moment she received a severe cut with the sword, so that she fell back into the trench. Only three or four townahipg, Ijenn, Kemta, Itoku and Oba were engaged in the battle ; the others kept to their posts, as it had been reported that the enemy would attack their different places This fierce struggle lasted about an hour, when the enemy retired a short distance, being unable to stand the fire of the Egbas any longer. Already 70 Dahomians lay in the trench, and as many on the battle field before it. " The wounded were numerous, and were re moved by the enemy ; but many of them afterwards died. The work of destruction among the Daho mians during this hour was frightful ; the Egbas PRICE ..4d. STAMPED abling the Schwarzenburg. However, before the conclusion of the engagement, the Radelzky was struck by 28 shot, mostly on her port side. A young naval cadet, who directed the fire of her two rifled cannon, on the quarter-deck, was severely wounded in the early part of the engagement, and died of his wounds yesterday morning at 11. The shell which fractured the thigh of the young officer passed clean between the legs of a seaman, who was hauling back his gnu to recharge it. In spite of his desperate wound, the brave young fellow cheered on his men, while he lay himself in agony on the deck. The gunners of the Ridelzky showed great coolness throughout, and more than once recharged their guns with Danish balls, which fell on the deck. One shot entered an ante-chamber leading to the captain's cabin, and, curiously enough, smashed to atoms a portrait of Field-Marshal Radetzky, which was hanging on the walls. A second shot made great havoc with the fur niture in the captain's cabin. A shell burst in the chamber where the ship's papers were kept, setting fire to them, and doing much irreparable mischief. The total loss of the Radetzky amounted to five killed and 31 wounded. The Adler and the Blitz, owing to the long range of their guns, sustained no loss, all the Danish shot falling short of their mark. 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Yesterday the committee, of which Mr. Beillie is the chairman, on the proposed new railways in and around Dublin, and which propose to do for that city what the pro jected new metropolitan lines will do for London, entered on the consideration of the fourth project for that purpose, that of the Dublin Railway, which consists of a ramifica tion of 12 short lines, interlacing the various existing rail ways, docks, canals, and quays, at a capital cost of £650,000 and a loan of £216,000. The line will cross the Liffey by a bridge of three spans. It is proposed that the London and North Western shall enter into contracts to work and manage the line ; and as it is the first case of an English railway proposing to work a railway in Ireland, the railway department of the Board of Trade direct the parti cular attention of the committee to the subject. Yesterday the engineering evidence occupied the committee, Mr. Hawkshaw and Mr. Barton being examined. The Exe Valley Railway Bill was thrown out in that committee. The mineral traffic and general local evidence continues to oc cupy the attention of the Great Eastern and Northern Junctions committee, and witnesses were examined for the promoters by Mr. Brett, on the same subject, in Mr Adair's committee, on the Lancashire Union Railways. In Lord Stanley's committee the further and final con sideration of the clauses in connexion with the London and Brighton Company's bill for new works, and additional powers was taken. In the second committee on Metro politan Railways, the bill for empowering the Charing cross Railway to take additional ground on the western side of Dowgate-hill, and on the southern side of College street, for their Cannon-street City terminus, to raise £90,000 by shares, and £30,000 by loan, to lease lands at their City terminus for an hotel, and contribute thereto £65,000, being unopposed, was sent down to Mr. Massey. The bill for the proposed Great Northern and Victoria station was withdrawn. Mr Denison, Q.C,, laid before Mr Scholefield's committee the merits of the Glasgow City Union Railway, which proposes at a cost of £BOO,OOO, and loan of £266,600, with power to create a 41 per cent. de benture stock, to unite the various lines that centre and surround that city, and carry a bridge of five arches over the Clyde. The bills passed before Mr. Massey included that for the Liverpool Great Central Station, and a con necting line of one mile, with a capital of £500,000 and £166,000 loan ; Midland Railway, for a line of 17 miles from Bath to Thornbury, and raise £236,000 by shares, and £75,600 by loan ; Llynvi Valley and Ogmoro Railways ; Mistley, Thorpe, and Walton ; Oswestry, Ellesmere, and Whitchurch ; Riblesdale Railway ; Portpatrick Itailwa3 (Steamboats) ; Henley in Arden Railway ; Chelsea Water ; Swansea Harbour; Stroud Gas; Bedford Gas. In the Lords, the case for the promoters of the North Eastern Railway closed, and Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C., ad dressed the committee at great length for the opposing in terests. Earl Fortescue has been appointed a member of this committee in the room of Lord Belper, UTILISATION OF THE LONDON SEWAGE.—Yesterday the witnesees examined in this committee, Lord R. Montagu in the chair, were Messrs, Napier and Pope, relative to their proposition to turn it to lucrative agricultural an d ratepay ing diminution account, down at Maplin Sands, in Essex. Mr. Hemans, the engineer, was also examined. THE LONDON SUBWAYS COMAI ITTEE. — Yesterday Mr. Innis, engineer of the Phoenix Gas Compauy, Mr. Hawks ley, and others, were examined for the opposition to this bill. The committee have intimated an intention of restrict ing the inquiry to the new streets, such as Southwark. street and New-street, Covent-garden, where subways have been made, without extending it to the old streets. THE HE GALANTITOMO. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 28th ult., in reporting the departure on the previous day of the Italian frigate Re Ga lantuomo for Naples, gives the following additional parti culars of her disastrous voyage across the Atlantic :—" An American gentleman, who was accommodated with a pas sage to Italy in the ship, bears admiring testimony to the discipline and calm courage with which both officers and crew conducted themselves in the perilous crisis. It appears that for three days and nights they were literally looking death in the face. The straining of the vessel in the storm made her leak so much that in the contest between the over tasked crew at the pumps and the water pouring in from the opening seams, victory was long doubtful. At one time they gained slightly on the water in the hold—at another a fiercer paroxysm of the hurricane overpowered all the exertions of the crew, and the ter. ible report went round that the water was gaining upon them. To aid to the horror of their situa tion, some of the pumps at one time got out of order, and the water so far got the mastery as to extinguish the furnaces and deprive the ship of the aid of her steam machinery. But throughout this desperate struggle for life nothing like flinching or despondency was visible, and the American gentleman who had admired the performances of the gay young Italian officer in the ballrooms of New York, in which city they had been hospitably entertained and feted during the winter, was mach struck by the coolness and pluck with which they worked away at the pumps, and by their ex ample encouraging the crew to exertion. There appears to be an impression on the part of the officers that the Com mander of the Star of the West did not make every effort ho might have done to keep by them. When he came within hail, and their sinking condition was made known, he re plied that he could give them no assistance. It is admitted, however, that he made the signals as stated in hie report, and the circumstance of the vessels parting company is ex plained by the fact that they were not lying to, but that the Re Galantuomo was running free, and the Star of the West was apparently accompanying her, but not steering in a parallel line, and therefore her oblique course every hour separated the vessel by a greater distance. Besides the main-deck guns, the cattle that had been taken on board for their supply during the voyage were thrown overboard to lighten the ship. For three days all the fires were extin guished, and officers and men working at the pumps had no other food than biscuits, water, and whiskey. When the storm was past the commander of the Re Galantuomo de termined to return to New York. A succession of strong westerly gales frustrated this intention, and he then stood to the northward in order to make the port of Halifax; bui as if a perverse fate were opposed to the gallant ship, hard north-west breezes barred her progress in this direction also, and it was at last decided to bear up for the Azores. It was thus 35 days alter leaving America before the Re Galantuomo reached a port in which to refit." UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OxronD, May 12. In a Congregation held this dr.y at 2 p.m., the amended "Local Examination" statute was read cnd promulgated. Professor H. Slurrit rose to propose an amendment. He -thanked the Council for the omission of the clause CO7l scienticc cause,' but could not approve the proposed arrange ment of the religious examination. He would omit the whole of the third paragraph of the statute, and modify the opening clause of the second in such a way as to make the history of the Bible alone requisite, and that he would re quire of all. He commented with some severity on the cir culation of a document by a member of Convocation asking signatures to a declaration which he thought ambiguous. Mr. GRIFFITH (of Wadham, secretary to the delegacy) opposed the statute, pointing out the extreme difficulty of carrying some of its provisions into effect, and criticising the looseness of the wording. Dr. rUSEY defended the statute. He characterised the objections taken to it as contradictory to each other, de fended his circulation of the document alluded to, and no ticed as important facts that it had obtained 95 signatures, and that among them were those of all but three of the Ox ford parochial clergy. With regard to the alleged difficulties in the way of working the statute, they were forced on the framers of the statute by the delegates, who urged that the case of those persons who should decline the religious exa mination altogether required to be met and provided for. He concluded a long speech by entering into various sta tistics, by which he endeavoured to show that the working of the Oxford scheme, as respected the religious examina tion, had not hitherto been satisfactory. Professor RAWLINSON replied to Dr. Pusey. It had been often said that statistics might be made to prove anything, and he believed that a careful study of the delegates' re ports would show Dr. Pusey's to be fallacious. He con oeived that the difficulties in the way of working the statute which Dr. Pusey could not see, had been underrated rather than overrated. It was said that the delegates had forced these difficulties on the framers of the statue; but this was not the case. The delegates had asked for no change in the system actually at work. They had merely (as doubts had arisen as to the wording of the old statute) asked that the system at work—with which they were satisfied—should be legalized. He hoped the present statute would be rejected, and that the Council would then understand that what Con gregation wanted was the plan of the delegates. The MASTER of Blamer'. agreed with Professor Rawlin son and Mr. Griffith as to the difficulty of working the statute. He argued that the making the religious examina tion a "plucking subject" would induce numbers to decline it, and that it was undesirable to make boys at such an early age declare themselves Dissenters. The Cambridge system had been spoken of in favourable terms by the supporters of the statutes, but they forgot to mention that by that system no one was " plucked" for failure in religious know ledge. He thought the experience of the delegates had been unduly slighted, and mentioned that Dr. HOWOOII, of Liver pool, and Mr. Giffard (late of Birmingham school) were strongly against the proposed compulsion. Professor BERNARD opposed the statuteon three grounds —its extreme complication, the difficulty in working it, and the contradiction between the compulsion now sought to be introduced and the principle of opening the examination to all which had been originally adopted. Professor SHIRLEY regretted that the statute was not in English. It might then have been intelligible. lie did not regard it as embodying the principle which he had wished to support in signing the document circulated by Dr. Pusey, He disliked the double doctrinal standard—Scripture and the Prayer Book—which it was proposed to set up in a sort of contrast one with the other. If the statute was again brought forward in its present shape, he hoped the ?at_ clause of the third paragraph would be made the subjec 01 a separate vote. Professor BURROW'S thought that coin necessary feature of a statute on such a subject:: as very kn. the house. He regarded Dr. Pusey's statit be generally portant, and believed that the statute wouPlicattih°ant bweafsorae thoui -,h i t h t e he s r: s w te o ll u i ld w b a e s acceptable to British parents. diffi tthe delegates, the The WARDEN of NEW COLLEGE igtirrecaatddyitfivecluyltcyou linpricoartkeir tnhde,m,yeenessursein. the statute would an culty examiners, very gredattlteinscercsroaisae:dyt.heut roe hopede of be rejected. ORIE L was in favnur of the statute, The l'uovosT of o f the d i f fi c ulties which had been spoken of. and made light He thought the only proper mode of dealing with the case was to assimilate the examination to that already estab lished in the University itself, This was what the statute proposed. Mr. KING, of Merton, as one of the three parochial clergymen who had not signed Dr. Pasey's document, gave his reasons for dissent from it. He suctiorted the amend ment of Professor Smith. The Congregati‘in was dissolved at 4 p.m. The Vice-Chancellor has announced that tin;) Deriycr prize will not be awarded this year. The Naval Action in the North Sea, (From the Correspondent of the Times.) OFF CUXHAVEN, Wednesday, May 11. The telegraph will have informed you of the sea fight which took place off Heligoland on Monday afternoon last. The Austro-Prussian flotilla returned to their moorings at the mouth of the Elbe between 3 and 4 a.m. yesterday morning, bearing evident signs of having been severely handled. The fol. lowing particulars of the engagement may be re lied upon as authentic:— _ _ _ On Saturday last, May 7, the Austrian frigates Schwarzenberg and Radetsky, in company of the Prussian gunboats Adler and Blitz, left their anchor age off Cuxhaven for a cruise in search of the Danish fleet. Capt. Teggetnff, under whose orders the com bined German flotilla is placed, is described by the English pilot who brought him up channel as a very smart fellow, and the crews as bent upon fighting. However, the Danish fleet was not to be found, and on Monday morning the flotilla returned to its anchorage at the mouth of the Elbe after a cruise of 48 hours. They had scaEclkly dropped anchor when a telegram reached the Austrian Consul at Cax haven, informing him that three Danish frigates were bearing down towards Heligoland. This in telligence was instantly forwarded to Capt. Tegge toff, who give orders to get up steam and put out to sea at once. The Schwarzanberg is a screw steam frigate, car rying 50 guns. Her crew amounted to 540 men on the morning of the engagement. Between decks she is fitted with heavy guns, mostly 60 pounders, her upper deck guns being 24 pounders. Of these last, two fore and two aft are rifled, the rest smooth bored. The Radetsky is also a screw steam frigate, car rying 30 guns, and is likewise fitted with two rifled 24 pounders on her upper deck, fore and aft. Her crew numbered 310 men. The Prussian gunboats Adler and Blitz, both cased with iron plates 2t inches thick, carry four rifled guns each on the upper deck. A little before 2 p.m., the German flotilla came in sight of the Danish frigates, which showed every willingness to accept the offered battle. The Schwar zenberg opened the proceedings by firing three blank shots, which were unanswered by the Danes. After this warning Capt. Teggeteff, taking the Schwarzenburg well in between the Danish frigates the Niels Juel and the Dagmar, handling his ship as Admiral Lyons was wont to do the Agamemnon, fired a double broadside against the enemy's ships on either side of him. Although somewhat taken aback by this daring bit of seamanship, the Danish frigates lost no time in returning the relief, and the engagement soon became general. One of the first shots fired by the Niels Juel struck the officer se cond in command of the Schwarzenberg full in the breast, and of course killed him on the spot. He was buried yesterday in the cemetery at Cuxhaven, a large concourse of persons attending. Shortly after, two shells struck the Schwarzen berg near the same spot, by one of the heavy guns, which was served by 16 men. Out of the 16, five were killed on the spot and nine wounded, only two getting off unscathed. This episode was shortly followed by a disaster which threatened the destruction of"the ship, The sails were, of course, furled, and, as ill-luck would have it, a shell forced its way into the canvas, and, bursting, set the whole rigging of the foremast in a blaze. The ship having her head to the wind, it be came necessary to put her about, to prevent the flames communicating themselves to the mainmast. In this manner the Schwarzenberg was temporarily reduced to the sole use of her two aft rifled guns. While the foremast was still burning, a shell burst in the outer chamber of the powder.maga zine, setting the timbers on fire, and creating a mo mentary panic among the crew. The flames, how ever, were at once extinguished, and the danger averted. To complete the discomfiture of the Schwarzenburg, her bowsprit was carried away by a round shot. During the course of the engagement the Schwar zenberg was struck 70 times by shot and shell, and once by chain shot, which is preserved on board. Her foremast is burnt down to a stump, and the side of the mainmast turned towards the flames is blistered all over from the heat. The actual loss on board the Schwaizenburg amounted to 31 killed, 44 severely wounded, and between 30 and 40 slightly wounded. Although nothing is known for certain of the Danish loss, it must have been considerable, or the Schwarzenberg in her disabled condition must have fallen into the enemy's hands. It seems the general opinion that officers and men behaved with, great bravery and coolness, and the Emperor of Austria has already shown his sense of Captain Teggetoff's services by promoting him to the rank of Admiral. While it fared in this manner with the Swarzen berg, the Radetzky did her best to draw off the at tention of the Danish frigates, which s h o wed con siderable unwillingness to attend to other business, _ until they should have succeeded in completely die. PAPER S i[A-d\ `~ ~.~ •,.~ f~:~ Presentation of the Oxford DOa:ritiolii''t.: \ tn. rA. A large number of the clergy attended yes liy aetrutia4 beth Palace to present to the Archbishop the ditioratia S prepared by the committee appointed at the meeting held at Oxford, and which has since received the signatures of up wards of 11,000 of the clergy of England and Ireland. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury received the deputation in the library of the palace. About 300 of the clergy were present. With his Grace there were the Bishops of St Asaph, Bangor, Rochester, Gloucester, Carlisle, Moray and Ross ; the Hon. and Rev. G. M. Bourke and the Rev. Pre bendary Hall, chaplains to the Archbishop; the Rev. IV.. Stubbs, librarian; and Mr Dunning, the secretary. Among the clergy present were the 'Yen. Archdeacon Clarke, Dr Cotton, Provost (.f Worcester College ; Dr Leighton, Dr Courtenay, Rev, R. R. Faulkener, Rev. J. Bareman. Rev. C. M. Arnold, Rev. E. Bull, Rev. E. EavicLon, Rev. lt. Gunner, Rev. F. 11. Sharpe, Rev. W. Davies, Rev. C. C. Spencer, Rev. Dr Biter, Rev. W. it• Cosens, Rev. T. F. Liugham, Rev M. May - 3w, Rev. \V. Lyall, Rev. W. Dutch, Rev. George Philips, Rev. S. S. Merry, Rev. E. Over, Rev. Ackworth, Rev. T. Rev. Burman Casson, Rev. Francis Rivntcr, Rev. Sir N. Chinnery, Rev. I'. T. Leigh, W. S. Duckl, , , It.v. W. Robinson, Rev Ernest Cowan, ft,v. Henry Cal;horfe, Rev, Prebendary Stevenson, Rev. E. Bull, &.-:. The Yen. Dr. CLERKE. Archdeacon of Oxford, in rnt , renting the aadress, said—My lord archbishop, every one here present must be so perfectly well acquainted with the object which has brought us together to-day that I con— ceive I shall best be consulting your own convenience and my own feelings by introducing this subject in as few words as possible. (Hear, hear,) I have been requested, as chairman of the committee who have drawn up the declare.. tion so generally published, in the name of that committee to present to your grace and the bishops now present an address, and also to deliver to you the declaration which has met with so large a number of signatures. With respect to ourselves, acting as the committee, we have drawn up the declaration in compliance with a request which was made when we were appointed in February last, at the meeting in Oxford, to draw up that which would receive the sanction. and approbation of a great number of the clergy, and I am anxious here to state that that meeting at Oxford was called together by a very strong expression of feeling and of,anxiety which seemed to pervade all parts of the land. (Cheers.) This declaration has since been in circulation, and has received a number of signatures, amounting, I believe, to at least 11,000, and that number is even now increasing, for we have daily been receiving additions to it. In discharge, therefore, of the duty committed to me, I will proceed to read the address to your grace, previous to delivering to you the declaration. Thus far I think I have discharged as briefly as possible the duty which has been committed unto me as chairman of the committee which was brought together. It was at the meeting at Oxford that we were appointed a committee, and upon that autho rity alone, and not upon any authority of our own, we have continued to act to the best of our ability. But, my lord, in the discharge of this duty I feel that I have another which I ought in the first instance to discharge, and that is to ex press to your grace, in the name of the committee and in. the name of a large number of the clergy who are here pre sent with the deputation, how deeply indebted we are to your grace for your kind consideration—(cheers)—in re ceiving us in your palace in order that we might here pre sent to you, in a manner most congenial to our own feel ings, and, as I conceive, post suited to the solemnity of these proceedings itself, and within these walls to have the honour of presenting your grace this declaration which I am now about to lay before you. This, my lord, is but one of the many proofs, if any proofs were indeed necessary, of your great kindnws, condescension, and willingness to meet all the just wishes, and to consider the accommodation of the clergy generally, and also to support cordially every thing that the clergy may take up which they conceive t 3 be for the benefit of the Church, for the glory of God, for the,keeping of the faith of Christ, and for the maintenance and support and increase of the Church, as the witness and as the keeper of Hely Writ. I believe it will be necessary for me only to proceed to read the address, which I now read in the name of the clergy here present to-day, and•re presenting also a much larger body of clergy, who are not able to attend this meeting. The venerable archdeacon then read the following address:— "MOST REV. AND RIGHT REV. FATHERS IN GOD, " We, the members of the committee appointed at a meet ing held in Oxford to draw up a statement setting firth the clear and consistent teaching of tho Church of England and Ireland on matters upon which such clearness and consis tency of teaching have been gravely questioned, leave now the honour to present to your lordships a declaration of firm belief that the Church maintains without reserve or qualifi cation the Inspiration and Divine Authority of the whole Canonical Scriptures as not only containing but being the Word of God, and also teaches the eternal punishment of the wicked. My lords, we understand the work entrusted to us under a sense of many and deep responsibilities ; we were called npsn to act with decision in matters of difficulty and importance which were heavily oppressing the minds of Churchmen, and did not issue the declaration till we had obtained the consent and sanction of a large number of the clergy of England and Ireland. We cannot draw our labours to a close without first of all expressing before your lordships and the clergy here assembled that we are heartily thankful to Almighty God because the task imposed niKa us has been carried through to the end with perfect unanimity on our part, and because the weight of it hps been greatly relieved by expressions of cordial assent and by hearty co-operation on the part of a large number cf the clergy who have tffixtd to it their signatures, We can assure your lordships that, large as this number is, it by no means represents the whole of those who unswervingly hold the several articles of faith, the truth of which this declaration seeks to affirm. Beyond the public means of communication, we know through a large correspondence that there are, besides the number of names appended to the declaration, some thousands of the clergy whose faith. it equally expresses. They assure us they were deterred from signing it, not by any doubt as to the faith of the Church of England or their own, but by various natural and legitimate considerations. Indeed, when we consider the novelty of the course which the necessity of the case suggested in order to reassure the lay members of our Church of the faith of their clergy, we have reason to be thankful to Almighty God for the great success with which Ho has been pleased to bless it. We trust that the declaration has had some force in removing the misgivings of many as to the authoritative teaching of the Church on matters of such vital moment to men's souls as the accept taxies or denying the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, and also the eternity of the punishment pronounced upon. the accursed. We further trust, that, as expressing the opinions of so large a body of the clergy, it will strengthen. your lordships' hands in any future measure which you may devise for guarding the faith of the Church. As we com menced our work with humble prayer for Divine guidance, so we close it with fervent joy that we have been allowed to promote the glory of our Lord, and with thankfulness that the acceptance which this document has met with, affords an assurance that the Church of England can give to all her members throughout the length and breadth of the land a witness that the true faith of Christ, which is her life, is upheld in her by her Divine Lord, and that her clergy who bind themselves to it, evince their obligation by a faithful, open, and unreserved acceptance of the doc trine of the Church as set forth in her creeds, articles, and. other formularies. " (Signed) C. C. Clerks, D.D., Archdeacon of Oxford, chairman; R. L. Cotton, D.D,, Provost of Worcester College ; G. A. Denison, M.A., Archdeacon of Taunton; W. H. Fremantle, M.A., Rector of Claydon, secretary ; F. K. Leighton, D.D., War den of All Souls College ; C. to aa be ri D,D„ St. Martin's, Birmingha m ; and E. B. Pusey, D.D., Regina Professor of I Hebrew." The declaration, of which the following:: copy, was ne xt read d deacons in holy " We, the undersigned presbyte rs an l orders of the Church of England and i fyi rei th all e souls Church, c inspiration of men our bounden duty to the Church lidcation, the w q b_ g o e le w. C o a r a d o f i ca 1 Scriptures as to declare our firm belief that the Ch . u e rcn ca n t i ho mi li ngland and. Ireland, in common with the I maintains, without reserve or :authority tainin g God; and fur nanodt onlypiv Divine e n f our blessedo they teaches, in the words Lord, that the cursed, equally with the ' life' of the punishment' of the ~, rlastiog• 'righteous,' is eve d address The declaration an were handed to his grace by 1 ., T who stated that a more complete list of vrould shortly be presented. the signatures P of C A butofbethineg The Archhis-0.- --NTraufußy, in reply, said —Reve rend and dear brethren: we, the Bishops of the United Church of England and Ireland here present, accept this declaration as a renewed expression of your belief in those doctrines of the Church to which it refers. It is satisfac tory to receive your assurance that there are some thousands of the clergy who, agreeing with yon in the substance of the declaration, hesitated to sign it only by reason of its form or circumstances. This assurance strengthens our conviction that the clergy of our Church will never be dis posed to propagate opinions which tend to subvert the fundamental doctrines of Christianity. We, for our parts, shall ever feel it to be our duty to maintain th e authorita tive teaching of the Church; humbly trusting that we may receive guidance from above. and be endowedstrength d the with we:faof and wisdom to promote the glo r y of God Ilia Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord. The proceedings were closed by the benediction of the rchbishoo. SHIELDS, May 11.—A large fleet of laden vcshels sailed from the Tyne this morning, many of them bound for the Baltic, as the armistice has opened out the German ports. There is a considerable demand far coals to he sent out to Cronstadt, and many ships have been chartered thence, the rates being about £l3 per keel. 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